price out of the market

English

Etymology

Usage began in the first half of the 1900s.

Verb

price out of the market (third-person singular simple present prices out of the market, present participle pricing out of the market, simple past and past participle priced out of the market)

1. (intransitive) To charge an exorbitant price for a service or product so that no one will purchase it.

   He's pricing out of the market, asking for $100,000 for that shack!

2. (transitive) To force competition out of business by offering lower or discount prices.

   Supermarkets are trying to price farmers' markets out of the market by offering lower prices.

See also

• corner the market

References

• Christine Ammer (1997–2013) “price out of the market”, in American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.